Shakespeare's tragic play Othello is an amalgamation of diverse antecedents, including generic influences from ancient Greek and Roman tragedies, Italian fiction, as well as Renaissance history such as the progression of Christianity. humanism. Additionally, although Shakespeare incorporates some elements of the medieval morality play into Othello, the fact that his play is a tragedy shows how he modifies it from the typical ending of a morality play. Furthermore, not only does Shakespeare include the stereotypical English view of blackness in the Elizabethan era, but he also modifies it to convey the importance of looking beyond skin color, showing the progression of from a racially prejudiced society to a society in which people are treated. judicially based on their character. In Othello, Shakespeare uses the typical elements of Greek tragedy and Roman tragedy to compose his tragic play. Aristotle states that the aim of tragedy is “to arouse emotions of pity and fear in order to produce in the audience a catharsis (purgation) of these emotions” (...). This complements Othello because through Iago's monologues the audience knows that he is using Othello's trusting nature to deceive him in order to "take [Othello's] place and display [his] will in double deceit » (1.3.436). Because the audience and readers can witness Iago's plans through his speeches, when Desdemona is wrongly killed by Othello due to Iago's false proof of her betrayal, the audience is not only able to feel for her, but also pity. Othello, who realized his mistake too late. Shakespeare's plot helps invoke the audience's catharsis towards the characters, showing how he included the purpose of tragedy, as seen by the Greeks, in middle of paper ......tain, and the wife of the Moor, Disdemona. " (Johnsen-Neshati). Giraldi's story was published in 1566 and Shakespeare's play in 1622. Based on the time difference and the fact that Shakespeare's main characters are similar to those in Giraldi's story , it can be inferred that Shakespeare used Giraldi's plot as the basis of his plot, but innovated it Both plots are essentially the same however, one of the major differences between the two is that while Giraldi; represents the Moor and the Ensign "consulting of means and another to kill Disdemona" (Parker), Othello hatches a plan on his own Furthermore, Othello readily admits to Emilia that "it is [he] who did it. killed” (5.2.160), but the Moor in the story “denied the whole accusation” (Parker) The fact that Shakespeare depicts his Moor confessing shows how he modified Giraldi's Moor to make him a noble and tragic hero..

Essay / Shakespeare's tragic play Othello is an amalgamation of diverse antecedents, including generic influences from ancient Greek and Roman tragedies, Italian fiction, as well as Renaissance history such as the progression of Christianity. humanism. Additionally, although Shakespeare incorporates some elements of the medieval morality play into Othello, the fact that his play is a tragedy shows how he modifies it from the typical ending of a morality play. Furthermore, not only does Shakespeare include the stereotypical English view of blackness in the Elizabethan era, but he also modifies it to convey the importance of looking beyond skin color, showing the progression of from a racially prejudiced society to a society in which people are treated. judicially based on their character. In Othello, Shakespeare uses the typical elements of Greek tragedy and Roman tragedy to compose his tragic play. Aristotle states that the aim of tragedy is “to arouse emotions of pity and fear in order to produce in the audience a catharsis (purgation) of these emotions” (...). This complements Othello because through Iago's monologues the audience knows that he is using Othello's trusting nature to deceive him in order to "take [Othello's] place and display [his] will in double deceit » (1.3.436). Because the audience and readers can witness Iago's plans through his speeches, when Desdemona is wrongly killed by Othello due to Iago's false proof of her betrayal, the audience is not only able to feel for her, but also pity. Othello, who realized his mistake too late. Shakespeare's plot helps invoke the audience's catharsis towards the characters, showing how he included the purpose of tragedy, as seen by the Greeks, in middle of paper ......tain, and the wife of the Moor, Disdemona. " (Johnsen-Neshati). Giraldi's story was published in 1566 and Shakespeare's play in 1622. Based on the time difference and the fact that Shakespeare's main characters are similar to those in Giraldi's story , it can be inferred that Shakespeare used Giraldi's plot as the basis of his plot, but innovated it Both plots are essentially the same however, one of the major differences between the two is that while Giraldi; represents the Moor and the Ensign "consulting of means and another to kill Disdemona" (Parker), Othello hatches a plan on his own Furthermore, Othello readily admits to Emilia that "it is [he] who did it. killed” (5.2.160), but the Moor in the story “denied the whole accusation” (Parker) The fact that Shakespeare depicts his Moor confessing shows how he modified Giraldi's Moor to make him a noble and tragic hero..

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